If we don’t want unethical behaviour to infect African journalism, we should urge media houses to embrace the AMI Principles, says Guy Berger.
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/ 2 December 2010
There’s renewed focus on newspaper ownership by the ANC, even as they’re becoming less hardline about the Media Appeals Tribunal and the Secrecy Bill.
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/ 18 November 2010
Imagine a forum on agriculture without the farmers present. The same logic applies to a bunch of people discussing a new law for the SABC.
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/ 4 November 2010
Wouldn’t it be grand if health journalism became the healthiest trend-setter for the whole family of journalism?
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/ 21 October 2010
National Press Freedom Day on October 19 is a fitting anniversary to take stock of threats to South African journalism.
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/ 9 September 2010
It’s a re-run: rather than only reporting on South Africa, the SABC is itself once again a news story. And for all the wrong reasons.
<b>Guy Berger</b> is now a professor of journalism. Part of his early training for the job was a mission for <i>The Weekly Mail</i>.
Everyone, each ANC tendency included, needs a space where news that is officially out-of-favour is free to try its luck within the arena of public opinion.
We all stand to benefit from direct and ongoing exposure to journalism education — and not least about the reporting of Africa.
Four months in jail with hard labour is hardly the kind of punishment you’d expect to be meted out to a mere journalist.